Html.ListBox() and MultiselectList

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Published on 2010-05-14T21:36:43Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 21:44 UTC
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Hi guys, I've a little problem with an Html.ListBox!

I am developing a personal blog in ASP.NET MVC 1.0 and I created an adminpanel where I can add and edit a post! During this two operations, I can add also tags!

I think of use an Html.ListBox() helper to list all tags, and so I can select multiple tags to add in a post! The problem isn't during the add mode, but in the edit mode, where I have to pre-select post's tags!

I read that I have to use a MultiSelectList and so in its constructor pass, tags' list and tag's list(pre-selected value).

But I don't know how to use this class!

I post, some code:

This is my models method that get all list tags in selectlist

public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> GetTagsListBox()
    {
            return   from t in db.Tags
                     orderby t.IDTag descending
                     select new SelectListItem {
                         Text = t.TagName,
                         Value = t.IDTag.ToString(),
                     };
    }

So in Edit (Get and Post), Add(Get and Post) I use a ViewData to pass this list in Html.ListBox().

ViewData["Tags"] = tagdb.GetTagsListBox();

And in my view

<%=Html.ListBox("Tags",ViewData["Tags"] as SelectList) %>

So with this code it's ok in Add Mode!

But in Edit Mode I need to pre-select those values!

So Now, of course I have to create a method that get all tagsbypostid!

and then in ViewData what Must I to pass?

Any suggest?

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